Kirkpatrick v. City Bd. of Ed. of Russellville
Decision Date | 17 June 1930 |
Citation | 234 Ky. 836 |
Parties | Kirkpatrick v. City Board of Education of Russellville et al. |
Court | United States State Supreme Court — District of Kentucky |
Appeal from Logan Circuit Court.
G. SAMUEL MILAM for appellant.
SELDEN Y. TRIMBLE and COLEMAN TAYLOR for appellees.
Affirming.
This is a proceeding under the Declaratory Judgment Act (Acts 1922, c. 83) to test the validity of a plan by which it is proposed to finance the construction of a high school in Russellville, a city of the fourth class. The case is here on appeal from a judgment upholding the plan.
The facts are these: It is admitted that the frame building in which the school is now conducted is in a dangerous condition, and has been condemned by the fire marshal. To meet the emergency, the city board of education has sold and conveyed to a corporation known as the Russellville School Improvement Corporation a site which it acquired and held for school purposes. The terms and conditions on which the sale and conveyance have been made are these: The Russellville School Improvement Corporation proposes, and has agreed, to construct on the site a new school building, and to incumber the property in a sum not exceeding $75,000, for which it will issue its interest bearing bonds, notes, or other obligations secured by a mortgage on the property. It proposes to lease the property to the city board of education for a term of one year, with the privilege of renewal from year to year for a period not exceeding in all twenty years. The annual rental is not to exceed $6,000, and it is...
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